Current information on the situation of Burghers in Sri Lanka is provided in the Response to Information Request LKA17369.E of 30 May 1994 which is available at your Regional Documentation Centre. An on-line search of sources regularly consulted by the DIRB was unable to produce any additional information to that contained in the above-mentioned response.

This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Documentation, Information and Research Branch (DIRB), Immigration and Refugee Board, Ottawa. 30 May 1994. Response to Information Request LKA17369.E.